Sanitary stock drinking-cup.



C. C. MCCULLOUGH.

SANITARY STOCK DRINKING CUP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27. 1916. RENEWED JAN. 23. 1918.

1,259,253. Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

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120F205 C. J 7 Cullouylz CHARLES C. MeCULLOUGI-I, 0F CALIPATRIA, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY STOCK DRINKING-CUP.

Specification of Letters ZPatent.

Patented Mar. 12,1918.

Application filed December 27, 1916, Serial No. 139,157. Renewed January 23, 1918. Serial No. 213,416.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES C. MOCUL- notice, a citizen of the United States, residing at Calipatria, in the county of Imperial and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Stock Drinking-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

Another object of this invention is to provide a drinking fountain which is designed to permit the settlement of sediment and other foreign substance at the bottom of the drinking receptacle and to insure that the sediment will be drawn toward the center of the receptacle and thereafter will gradually accumulate on the bottom of the receptacle and out of access of the animals.

Another object of this invention is to provide, a live stock drinking fountain which may be used by hogs and which has features of design intended to correct the habit of the hog to throw the water with its snout and at the same time to allow the hog to have unrestricted access to the fountain.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fountain which may be readily assembled or dismantled when cleaning is necessary.

Another object of this invention is to provide a fountain, the parts of which may be easily locked when assembled.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a drinking fountain for the use of live stock which is simple in construction and formed of few parts so arranged as to readily and continuously operate without danger of the transmission of infection.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in transverse section illustrating the construction of the drinking fountain as well as the manner in which it is supplied with water and maintained at reservoir is fitted with a supply pipe 11 which leads to a series of drinking fountains 12, one of which is particularly disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The pipe 11 is provided with an up-turned section 13 upon which is mounted the drinking fountain. This pipe is threaded into a boss 1% formed at the lower end of an outer casing 15. The casing 15 is substantially conical in shape and extends vertically in an inverted manner to provide a feed reservoir 16. This reservoir is adapted to receive a drinking receptacle 17 which is also conical in shape and extends with its lower end into the outer casing. It has been found preferable to form this inner receptacle with a rounded apex so that sufficient space for the accumulation of sediment and foreign material may be had without interfering with the removal of water therefrom. The receptacle 17 is formed with a series of longitudinally extending supply slots 18 which are arranged around and spaced equidistant through the upper edge of the receptacle wall.

As a means for protecting the water from being contaminated with sediment, an annular ledge isformed around the upper end of the receptacle and has a downwardly extending tapered flange 19 which extends inwardly and partially covers the feet slots.

This flange is provided as a shield for the incoming water and also as a guard by which the hogs are broken of throwing water from the receptacle.

The receptacle 17 is removably mounted within the outer casing and is there se-w cured by means Of locking lugs 20 and21 which areformed integral with the flange around the top of the receptacle and extend downwardly to pass beneath an annular flange .22 formed around the upper edge of the outer casing. This flange has oppositely disposed slots 23 and 24 through which the lugs 20 and 21 pass, The flange 22 is also provided with cam faces 25 against which the lugs 20 and 21 are brought to hold the two elements in a locked position.

In operation, the drinking fountain is mounted upon a pipe 13, as described, and

communicatively connected by a pipe 11 to the reservoir 10. The reservoir 10 is sup plied with water which is'maintained at a given level corresponding to the level de-' sired within the fountain. As the water passes into the fountain it will fill the reser- VOiI. l6 and upon reaching the feed slots 18 will pass into the receptacle 17 Due to the h arrangement of'these slots the water will flow into the receptacle from all'sides and will act to carry any'sediment which might have been deposited upon the surface of the watertoward the center of the reservolr from which point it will afterward settle to I the bottom of the reservoir, In this manner the surface of the water will be kept clean and. Will cause the side walls of -v ceptacle to be practically free from a deposit offoreign material. When the live Stock drinks from the receptacle the water will be continuously replenished and will be maintained at the level of the water in the reser-' voir; Hogs have the habit of throwing the ater with their snouts when drinking, It is the inte ion to correct this habit. by means of the tapered annular flange 19 around the opening of the reservoir. When he animal starts to throw its snout, it will forcibly encounter the sharp edge a d ll soon discontinue the practice. It will also be noted that due to the ledge around the opening of. the receptacle birds may drink from the receptacle without carrying the dirt from their feet into the water, thus preventing the carrying of infection from place to place. Blackbirds, inparticul-ar, are carriers of disease germs whlch collect on their feet while they are feeding in the hogpens.

, They have been. a source of loss to live stock raisers because these disease ge s were car rjecl to, the drinking fountains and watertroughs of live stock which became infected thereby. My improved sanitary drinking cup avoids the contamination of the water from this source asthe birds will stand on the dry flange 22 andwill not get their feet in contact with the water within the cup.

It may be remarked that these fountain cups are under cover and that there is no liability that any germs that may be present in the r stock may be wateredthereby without great danger of infection due to the contamination of the water.

-While I have shown the preferred construction of my invention as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes in the combination,"construction and arrangement of parts may be'made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1, A drinking fountain, comprising an inverted frusto-conical outer casing, an inverted frusto-conical receptacle positioned within said casingfand having its walls spaced from the walls of'the outer casing,

means whereby the receptacle will close the opened upperend of the outer casing, the walls of said receptacle being formed with circumferentially arranged openings whereby water passing into the outer casing may overflow into the top of the receptacle, and means whereby the openings may be shielded. r l

2. A drinking fountain for live stock,

comprising an outer, inverted frusto-conical casing, oonlcal drinking receptacle therein and positioned with its wallsin spaced relation to the casing Walls, an annular flange formed around the upper edge of the drinktirely inclose the 'Inouth of the casing, mea s for locking said inner and outer casings together, a series of slotted openings formed through the Wall of said drinking receptacle and in a manner to cause sedimentwithin the Water to'accumulate at the center and upon the bottomof the receptacle, and a guard flange positioned over the top of the openings and provided to prevent the throwing of water by the live stock.j 1

3. A drinkingfountain for livestock, comprising an outer casing, a drinking receptacle mounted therein and disposed with its walls in spaced relation tothe casing 7 ing receptacle and adapted'to' overlap he 7 upper edge ofthe casing in a manner to enwalls, an annular flange formed around the upper edge of the drinking receptacle and adapted to overlap the edge of the casing, and locking lugs mounted upon said receptacle and adapted to secure the receptacle within the casing, the wall of said receptacle being formed with a series of slotted openings arranged circumferentially thereof,

whereby water may pass from the easing into the receptacle and will cause the sedi- 1 ment within the water to accumulate at the center and upon the bottom of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES C. MCCULLOUGH.

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